Allard brought 30 years’ experience in the Scottish steel industry, and joined from global giant Edgen Murray having previously set up and run Eterniti Steels Scotland, a steel plate processing business.

He said: “Despite all the doom and gloom around the North Sea’s oil and gas industry, there is still good business to be done in the sector.”

Allard added that one of the reasons he was brought into the company, whose offering includes high precision profiling and specialist products, was “to help focus on taking advantage of these opportunities”.